Charisma: You have extraordinary and miraculous power.
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You have extraordinary and miraculous power that allows you to serve in the church of Christ.
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I’m going to quote Thayer, but keep in mind that Thayer was not a Christian and his work often adds a twist. You’ll see this here in the words “distinguishing certain.” Commentaries, marginal notes, and reference texts are not Scripture. Many of them contain errors brought in by the fleshly mind of educated Christians who meant well but depended on their own understandings rather than the Holy Spirit. Not only that, but Atheists, Unitarians, and Masons have worked to corrupt reference texts and commentaries. Thayer gives you this:
grace or gifts denoting extraordinary powers, distinguishing certain Christians and enabling them to serve the church of Christ, the reception of which is due to the power of divine grace operating on their souls by the Holy Spirit
Thayer’s twist is in his claim these gifts distinguish certain Christians as if God left some Christians out so only certain ones can serve the church of Christ. That’s not true. God detailed these gifts in 1 Corintians 12. They reveal the Spirit and are “given to each one.” (verse 7) No one is left out other than those who refuse to receive the gift.
You have extraordinary and miraculous power that allows you to serve in the church of Christ. You receive the power for righteousness by divine grace as it operates on your soul by the Holy Spirit.
But the free gift (charisma) is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. ~ Romans 5:15 New King James Version
You receive the free gift of righteousness by grace. Grace is the means of righteousness. Grace is the means of good works. It’s not the other way around. Good works are not the means of grace. Grace is the means of good works. Grace does the righteousness as you shall see from Scripture.
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